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Try to use halfway-decent English. No, this isn't Englishhelp.com, but you'll get more help if you spell correctly. Actually, I don't care if you spell a few words wrong, but the IM speak will probably cause some people to skip over "ur" question. If we can't read it, we can't help you

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Don't spam. Okay, so the spammers aren't going to read this anyway, but it's probably good to have it in writing.

Post to an appropriate category. Questions about derivatives (calculus) do not belong in "Beginning Algebra". Questions about finding the area of a circle (geometry) do not belong in "Other Math". Please show appropriate care and consideration.

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Post the complete text of the exercise. This would include the full statement of the exercise and its instructions, so the tutors will know what you are working on. If there is a graphic or table or some other non-textual information necessary to the exercise, include a detailed description.

Show all of your work. If you've shown no work at all, the tutors may assume that you're needing help getting started, and may suggest only how to do the first step. Even if you're asking only about the very end of the solution process, still include all of your intermediate steps. Errors may have occurred earlier than you'd realized; correcting part (b) may clear up your confusion on part (d).

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Don't create duplicate threads or posts. There's no reason to do that.

Well that's all I can come up with right now. I know there must be other useful things to have in this post, so go ahead and reply or PM me if you would like to add something.